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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Techniques and Applications for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Agriculture

edited by

Iolanda Borzì

, Beatrice Monteleone and

Hailong Yin

submission deadline 22 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8335 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water mapping; sustainable water management; crop water needs; agricultural water allocation; mapping hydrological extremes in agriculture; irrigation planning; water pollution mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources and Risk Management)

Advances in Urban Hydrology and Stormwater Management

edited by

Shirley Gato-Trinidad

Upaka Rathnayake

and Kuok King Kuok

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14810 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban hydrology; stormwater management; green infrastructure; flood modeling and mitigation; urban drainage modeling; GIS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)

Sustainable Urban Water Resources Management

edited by

Carlos Alfonso Zafra Mejía

and

Ranjan Sarukkalige

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3883 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water resource management; multidisciplinary evaluation; climate change adaptation; hydrological models; smart technologies; demand management; nature-based solutions; participatory governance; water security; water pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources and Risk Management)

Natural or Artificial Water Reservoirs' Impacts on Mitigating the Intensities of Floods and Droughts

edited by

Ali A. Assani

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1263 | Submission Open

Keywords: floods; low levels; drought; natural and artificial dams; natural and artificial reservoirs; wetlands; lakes; dikes; river channels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources and Risk Management)

Machine Learning Applications in Soil Water and Groundwater Assessment

edited by

Emanuele Barca

and

Minxue He

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater level; soil moisture; groundwater contamination; geo-radar supporting information; water balance equation; machine learning; climate change; groundwater-related hazards; spatial water resource mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Statistical Hydrology)

Advancing Hydrological Science Through Artificial Intelligence: Innovations and Applications

edited by Xiaofeng Liu, Yi Hong, Ryan C. Johnson and Quan Guo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10508 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; artificial intelligence (AI); large-scale dataset; climate change; extreme hydrological events; operational hydrology; social systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)

Advances in Flood Studies: Enhancing Data Collection, Rating Curves, and Hydrological Analyses

edited by

Guna Hewa

, Trevor Daniell, David Kemp and

Ranjan Sarukkalige

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2771 | Submission Open

Keywords: rating curves; hydrological monitoring; sensor networks; hydrological losses; hydraulic modelling; rainfall– runoff modelling; climate change impact; land use change impacts; flood forecasting; flood risk management; uncertainty analyses; GIS/RS/IoT/machine learning/citizen science; probability-neutral flood estimation; flood forecasting; ungauged catchment predictions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)

The Influence of Landscape Disturbance on Catchment Processes

edited by

Hao Chen

, Linjing Qiu and

Wenbin Ding

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1949 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; landscape disturbance; watershed hydrology; ecosystem services; land use/land cover change; soil erosion and sediment dynamics; catchment modeling; ecological restoration; hydrological resilience; nature-based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)

Novel Approaches in Contaminant Hydrology and Groundwater Remediation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Meysam Vadiati

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 933 | Submission Open

Keywords: modeling and monitoring; climate change; contaminant management; natural degradation; impacts natural hazards; sustainable development goal; wildfire; effect of water quality; PFAS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)

Urban Runoff: Modelling and Management

edited by

Mohammed N. Assaf

Sara Todeschini

, Asaad Y. Shamseldin and

Evangelos Rozos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 568 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban runoff; hydrological modelling; urban water management; flood risk assessment; water quality; stormwater management; real-time monitoring; low-impact development; rainwater harvesting; data-driven approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)

Sustainable Water Management in the Face of Drastic Climate Change

edited by

Bojan Đurin

Ahmed M. Saqr

and Ramesh Raj Pant

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; water management; wastewater management; water management policy; Sustainable Development Goals; flood; drought

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources and Risk Management)

Trends and Variations in Hydroclimatic Variables: 2nd Edition

edited by

Adilson Pacheco De Souza

, Frederico Terra De Almeida and

Daniela Roberta Borella

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1006 | Submission Open

Keywords: time series analysis of hydroclimatic variables; analysis of extreme events; assessment and uncertainty of climate change; relationships between hydroclimatic and agrometeorological attributes; statistical; machine learning; and deterministic modeling approaches; effects of climate variations on agriculture; effects of climate variations on ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)

Groundwater Pollution: Sources, Mechanisms, and Prevention (Second Edition)

edited by

Pantelis Sidiropoulos

and

Ilias Siarkos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8120 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; pollution; hydrochemistry; water quality; monitoring; modeling; vulnerability; prevention; remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)

Advances in Nature-Based Solutions for Hydrometeorological Risk Reduction

edited by

Jasna Plavšić

Zoran Vojinovic

and

Guido Paliaga

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11967 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; floods; droughts; erosion; landslides; risk reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)

Water Resources Management Under Uncertainty and Climate Change (Second Edition)

edited by

Husam Musa Baalousha

and

Marwan Fahs

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1282 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological processes; uncertainty analysis; water resources management; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)

Recent Research Advances in Microplastics in Water and the Environment

edited by

Bangshuai Han

, Samuel Tenney and Mathew D. Simpson

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4727 | Submission Open

Keywords: fate and transport; microplastic pollution; experiment; modeling; water bodies; watershed

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water Resources and Risk Management)

Novel Procedures and Methodologies for Surface and Underground Water Quality Analysis: Theory and Application

edited by

Bojan Đurin

Osman Fetoshi

and

Gabriel-Ionut Plavan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10390 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality analysis; groundwater; surface water; parameters; machine learning; artificial intelligence; water resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)

Advances in Catchments Hydrology and Sediment Dynamics (Second Edition)

edited by

Vlassios Hrissanthou

Konstantinos Kaffas

and

Giuseppe Roberto Pisaturo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3382 | Submission Open

Keywords: streamflow discharge; soil erosion; sediment transport; surface runoff; modeling; groundwater; measurements; sedimentation; catchment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)

Advancing Flood Detection, Monitoring & Simulation: Integrating Machine Learning, Remote Sensing & Hydrodynamic Model

edited by

Hao Han

and

Aristoteles Tegos

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1657 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood detection; monitoring and simulation; machine learning; remote sensing; hydrodynamic model; extreme rainfall events; urban and catchment scale flooding; inundation simulation; flood risk assessment; urban resilience; real-time forecasting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)

Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Resources in Coastal Aquifers: Qualitative and Quantitative Assessments

edited by

Maria Rosaria Alfio

Francesco Maria De Filippi

Yong Xiao

and

Cüneyt Güler

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1160 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; coastal aquifer; salinization; climate change; sea-level rise; drought; vulnerability assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)

Hydrological Modeling and Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition

edited by Pengxiao Zhou, Qianqian Zhang, Fei Zhang and

Zoe Li

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; data-driven models; human activity impacts on water quantity and quality; nonstationary rainfall runoff; runflow prediction; extreme event causality; impact and prediction; climate change impacts and adaptation; water resource management; flood and drought risks; risk analysis and management

Lakes as Sensitive Indicators of Hydrology, Environment, and Climate

edited by E. Troy Rasbury, Guleed Ali and

John Luczaj

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8029 | Submission Open

Keywords: modern lakes; paleo-lakes; climate; hydrological cycle; water quality; geochemistry and geochemical modeling; isotope hydrology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)

Characterization and Monitoring of Coastal Hydrological Environment for Assessing the Impact of Seawater Intrusion on Coastal Aquifers

edited by Francesco Ronchetti, Marco Doveri and

Marco Pola

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3155 | Submission Open

Keywords: seawater/saltwater intrusion; coastal aquifer; environment; hydrogeology; climate change; monitoring; coast

(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)

New Perspectives in the Flood Forecasting Chain (Weather Prediction, Rainfall-Runoff Modeling, and Communication with Stakeholders), Second Edition

edited by

Mohammed Bari

and

Hans-Peter Nachtnebel

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1201 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical weather predictions; precipitation measurement networks; data assimilation; rainfall-runoff and hydraulic modeling; probabilistic flood forecasting and predictive uncertainty; forecast verification; use of probabilistic forecasts and informed decision making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)

Advances in Cold Regions' Hydrology and Hydrogeology

edited by

Weifei Yang

Gaohong Yin

and Jongmin Park

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 833 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold-region hydrology; permafrost hydrogeology; glacial meltwater; snowpack dynamics; climate change impacts; ice– water interactions; remote sensing applications; hydrochemical tracers; extreme hydrological events; sustainable water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)

Hydrological Signatures of a Changing Landscape: Land Degradation Impacts, Monitoring, and Restoration

edited by

Barlin Orlando Olivares

Franklin Javier Paredes Trejo

Deyanira Lobo

and

Ingrid Teich

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 952 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; hydrology; LPD (Land Productivity Dynamics); runoff; soil erosion; water quality; remote sensing; restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Tracing Groundwater Recharge Sources Using Stable Isotopes

edited by

Stefania Da Pelo

, Maria Chiara Porru and

Wanjun Jiang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater recharge; stable isotopes; δ 18O; δ 2H; 87Sr/86Sr; noble gases; hydrogeochemistry; isotope hydrology; groundwater age dating; rock– water interaction; climate change impacts; water resource sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)

GIS Modelling of Evapotranspiration with Remote Sensing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Pooja P. Preetha

and

Changsen Zhao

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: evapotranspiration; remote sensing; leaf area index (LAI); geographic information system; crop monitoring; watershed modeling; vegetation indices; evaporation; transpiration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)

First Papers by Young Investigators in the Hydrological Sciences (2025-2026)

edited by

Enda O'Connell

Tammo Steenhuis

and

Ezio Todini

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open

Keywords: global hydrology; catchment hydrology; sustainable water resources management; floods and droughts; climate variability and change; modelling and prediction; innovative technologies

High-Mountain Hydrology: Multiscale Catchment Dynamics and Downstream Relevance

edited by

Timo Schaffhauser

, Chunyu Dong and Florentin Hofmeister

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-mountain hydrology; hydrological processes; multiscale; climate impacts; hydrological modeling; water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)

Enhanced Ecohydrological Modeling Through Multi-Source Data Fusion

edited by

Cong Jiang

, Xiaoqiang Yang and

Dongwei Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-hydrological modeling; multi-source data fusion; tracer-aided modeling; remote sensing; machine learning methods; water– vegetation interactions; climate and land-use change impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater Resource Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Kristine Walraevens

Alemu Yenehun

and Adugnaw Birhanu

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1419 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; surface water; integrated water management; surface water– groundwater interaction; groundwater recharge and discharge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Waters and Groundwaters)

Advances in the Measurement, Utility and Evaluation of Precipitation Observations: 2nd Edition

edited by Jiangjiang Zhang and Junliang Jin

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1156 | Submission Open

Keywords: precipitation observations; deep learning; data fusion; remote sensing; uncertainty quantification; rainfall– runoff modeling; risk analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)

Watershed Evolution and Water Cycle Response Under Global Change

edited by

and Wei Yuan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological processes; water cycle; watershed dynamics; watershed evolution; global change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Processes and Modelling)

Mitigating Hydrologically Induced Slope Failures Through Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

Qi Zhang

, Haowen Guo and Chuanxiang Qu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; slope instability; shallow landslides; rainfall-induced failure; surface erosion; subsurface flow/piping; vegetation reinforcement; bioengineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hydrology–Climate Interactions)

Current Challenges in Ecohydrology: Advanced Numerical and Experimental Analysis on Water Resources Management in Natural Watersheds, with a Special Focus on Flooding and Drought

edited by Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama and

Mohammad Amir Khan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; ecohydraulics; ecohydrology; flooding; river engineering; water resources management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecohydrology)

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